BRUNO GALINDO BIO
BRUNO GALINDO is a spanish writer and spoken word artist. Recognised as one of
the most original and eclectic poets of his generation, he has been credited for
revitalizing the spoken word scene in spanish, a sphere where he’s considered one of the
most innovative artists, plus part of local “counterculture cream”, according to El
Mundo newspaper.
He took part of the press-and-audience acclaimed avant-garde rock & electronica tribute
album “LEOPOLDO MARÍA PANERO”, devoted to the legendary schyzo-beatnik
spanish poet. That album, recorded together with best selling spanish rock star
BUNBURY, rock icon CARLOS ANN and spanish erotic cinema pioneer JOSÉ
MARÍA PONCE, inspired the cult movie “UNA NOCHE CON PANERO”, which
captures their performance together with the poet. Together with spanish electronica
musician STRAND wrote and performed “NUSHU”, a spoken word concert and visual
show related to that recently disappeared Chinese language. Sometimes he takes the
stage
for the unconventional
‘textjockey’
experience
-djing words“ELECTROSPOKEN”.
In the last few years Bruno Galindo had appeared in Spanish and Latin American
scenarios with different musicians, writers, plastic and performance artists to recite his
poetry in a high intense, arrythmical and unorthodox acting. In the last few years he
opened for Einstürzende Neubaten’s/Nick Cave’s guitarist Blixa Bargeld, Julian Cope
and Arto Lindsay, and shared with the likes of Linton Kwesi Johnson, Amiri Baraka,
John Giorno, Dennis Rollins and Hanif Kureishi in musical and literary festivals. He
played in Palabra y Música, Experimentaclub, Cosmopoética, La Noche en Blanco,
Kosmópolis, Sónar, FIB, Festimad, Hay Festival at Deià, FIL, Rock en Ñ, Book Fair at
Guadalajara-México, Book Fair at Caracas, Territorios, WOMAD, La Mar de Músicas,
Territorio Eléctrico and Poesía En Voz Alta among others.
Last twelve months’s works include collaborations with Spanish rock artists NACHO
VEGAS and JAVIER CORCOBADO (“THINGS YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO
KNOW”), with charismatic radio-drama mexican artist REY TRUENO Y SU
ORQUESTA (“THE RETURN OF THE STOIC BIRD”), tropicalia legend from Brazil
TOM ZÉ (with whom he’ll be featured in the movie “TOM ZÉ, FREE
ASTRONAUT”), venezuelan avant-garde virtuoso pianist XAVIER LOSADA
(“CRASHED AMBULANCE”) and ‘silent artist’ TRES (“LIVE AT THE
MATADERO”).
His bibliography include his original afropoetry work “AFRICA EQUILÁTERA”
(“HYENA MOONS”, “AFRICA FOR SECRET SOCIETIES” (Rafael Pérez Estrada
Prize) and “DUNE 45”). The trilogy captures a strange and intense three year travelling
through Africa which drew an exact equilateral triangle. His book
“COMMUNICATING VESSELS” compiles 510 pages of conversation about the
songwriting process with musicians as Prince, John Lee Hooker, David Bowie, Elvis
Costello, Perry Farrell, Angelo Badalamenti, Howie B, Arnaldo D. Baptista (Os
Mutantes), David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Björk, Michael Franti, Curtis Mayfield, Trilok
Gurtu, Khaled, Bill Laswell, Ali Farka Toure or Bono to name just a few. His 2007
release “KOREAN DIARIES” (Random House) tells about his scary experience in
North Korea and travelling in the asian peninsula. More short stories, interviews and
other texts are featured in collective books as “BABEL CITIZENS” and magazines such
as Eñe or prestigious Granta.
Besides his stage/studio appearances, he recently curated the international exhibition
held through internet from Spain CULTURAS2008, where he put together musical
pieces by Brian Eno, DJ Spooky, Talvin Singh, Yan Jun, Sierra Leone’s Refugee
AllStars, Nortec Collective and Arnaldo Antunes. He has also developed a work as
journalist in El País (where he has worked as Music Editor), Rolling Stone,
Inrockuptibles, Cultura(s) de La Vanguardia, Vogue, GQ, Rock de Lux, Matador, Zona
de Obras, etc.
He lives in Madrid, and frequently travels to Berlin and México.
More info, video and audio, at:
www.myspace.com/brunogalindo
www.brunogalindo.com
mail@brunogalindo.com